Women

The first photo on BBC photo news of A male feminist’s view on African women looks very much like Mama Oloole at work. If that was Mama Oloole, she would have fed Oole (beans cake) to a number of the people in my village for… Read More ›

Nigeria in general is very filthy – this is no secret. Getting out of the Lagos airport, five minutes down the road to your right is a heap of rubbish, another five minutes after is another one, during this time… Read More ›

Africa Utopia 2014 was inspiring – lots of African young leaders shared their views on the importance of Africans working together within the continent to move Africa forward. Among the guest speakers were Ronanke Akinkugbe, VP & Head of Energy and Natural… Read More ›

It is generally known that there is gender bias with boys being favoured. Nothing wrong with desiring certain gender in the household, humans desires are sometimes shaped by experience. We just have to be careful the way we relate to our… Read More ›

I have always wondered what African women history were regarding sexual pleasure. In Yorubaland, mothers don’t talk to their girls about sex let alone the pleasure of it. And for some reason known to mothers, they want their daughters to get married… Read More ›

Usually we talk about rape cases in Nigeria as if they are foreign to us, but the truth is we know that rape happens all the time and more so within the home, among family members. This is true of most… Read More ›

Why aren’t we riding motorbikes like our Igbo sisters? Today in any part of Yorubaland, it is very unlikely to see any Yoruba woman on motorbikes, one can not rule this out in a big city like Lagos. A well… Read More ›

Rape and incest case make headlines in Nigeria daily – it is just another news to read. If the victim is a minor such as recent case of a school teacher Adeniran Adebayo who raped his ten year old primary four… Read More ›

Skin bleaching or skin toning as some people prefer to call it has been around in Nigeria for a long time. In the ’70s Satina Skin Tone Cream was quite popular among the youths as the “thing” to do for… Read More ›

If you’ve never visited other people’s farm, you’ll spend the rest of your life believing your father’s farm was the best – goes a Yoruba saying. Everyday, presents itself with yet another opportunity to learn new things. Growing up in the… Read More ›

A few months ago, a niece called to share a story about her roommate at university to see if I could be of any help. Her roommate just had an abortion – very ill and bleeding more than you would for a… Read More ›